Posted on 04/17/2006 4:03:57 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has dismissed calls for his resignation by a group of retired generals, telling conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh that "this too will pass".
Mr Rumsfeld made no direct reference during the live interview with Limbaugh to the six retired generals who called for his resignation, but he suggested that his defence has only begun.
"You know, this, too, will pass," he said when Limbaugh asked him how it felt to go from sex symbol to having "practically the entire media jump on the case of these six generals demanding your ouster?"
"I think about it, and I must say, there's always two sides to these things, and the sharper the criticism comes, sometimes the sharper the defence comes from people who don't agree with the critics," Mr Rumsfeld said.
Mr Rumsfeld said he was pleased to see other retired generals step up to defend him.
They included retired general Richard Myers, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; retired general Tommy Franks, the commander of the 2003 invasion of Iraq; retired lieutenant general Michael DeLong, Gen Franks's former deputy at the US Central Command; and retired admiral Vernon Clark, the former chief of naval operations.
Asked why he was being attacked now, Mr Rumsfeld said he did not know.
"I can't climb into other people's minds," he said.
"I was amused that admiral Vern Clark said 'Yes, he is tough and these are tough times and we need people in government who are tough-minded'."
"So I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder," he said.
There is an election in November and Dems will always put their own interests ahead of those of America and the Free World. That's why they're called 'Rats!
Oh yeah, if only Rummy had listened to those losers ....
The kind of arrogant bastard I want on our side.
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